Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-01-27
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings Of the CoanciI and Of the Hosss Of
Representatives.
IN THE COUNCIL
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Proceedings Of the Council and Of the HoEss Of
Representatives..
IN THE COUNCIL
| bills were introduced as follows:
| Amending section 3s4, CHAPTER 8. Civil Cod Q,
| TO require general Law for incorporating pri-
vate companies; requiring sixty days notice be-
duplicate receipts to specify the years for which
real estate is sold: making Dsokey and Mcintosh
/ counties subdivision Of the Sixth judicial dis
| trIct: making Walworth and Campbell counties
a subdivision Of the Fifth judicial district: pro-
viding for the duplication and payment OF
coupons Of certain territorial bonds lost in the
! mail last summer; requiring the treasurers GER
tifcate TO abstracts of title: authorizing mu-
inequalities TO lease merchandising apparatus
! Mr.. McCumber introduced a bill based on
| the theory that common carriers should re-
ceive, handle and care for grain the same as
/ for any other freight
/ II requires railroad companies to provide eie,
vators or grain houses at every station, and 70
receive IN them all grams offered for transpor-
tation; to receive in bulk or sacked. as shipper
| sacked Grain Is not TO be mixed. 4
cept two or more elect to ship togetht r.
designated as soon as possible after Receiving il.
The railroad commissioners are to examine and
report on elevators. apparatus and employees
| and require elevators to be built, II needed,
! where the railroad company has failed to pros
vide for offered traffic The act is TO cake effect
Jan. j, 1888
! The council rejected resolution author.
! izing immediate employment of additional
/ committee clerks The coancil passed the
/ following:
| bill extending the time for paying taxes to
/ June 1: also an amendment TO special law e
allow mining companies to drain into Rapid
| creek and Rapid City to discharge sewage int
| the same creek. also providing for the fncorpo.
| ration OF associations for mutual protection
against larcenes of live stock, giving officers OF
| the same the power Of constablss and enabling
them to sue for and collect dues and ASSESS
ments. A. G. J.
HousE.-The House was in a wrangle all
| the session over a call OF the House. The
| trouble originated over motion made
| early in the day to reconsider the vote by
which the report OF committee,of the whole
on rules was adopted. 1t was ru-
mored that combination had been form
| ed to reorganize the House, but matters
| were not fully disclosed, and at IL O'Clock
the deadlock was broken.
COUNCIL.
In the council the following bills were tn
troduced:
By Smith, authorizing cities. towns and in
| corporated villages to refund outstanding
| bonded indebtedness. By Donovan. for the
| organization Of a literary institute In Dakota
/ BY GALLOWAY, TO amend chapter SO, Session
| Laws OF 1855. establishing territorial and
| county boards and providing for the protection
| of health and animals. By McCumber, to en-
| courage and promote the study of medicine
| By Weiser, to amend the act to establish code
| of proceedings In justices courts and to limit
| the Jurisdiction of the same.
Council bills passed:
Providing for the regulation of school orders
| and limiting the interest thereon; amending
section 677, Civil Code, by striking out the word
primitive.
| HOUSE.
| The contest fortunately left very little Bit
| terness At the opening of the house to-day
| the speaker announced the following new
| committee on temperance: Fletcher Sprague
| Harkins, Dodd, Patten OF Miner. Mallory
/ aud Wise. This committee Is strongly favor
/ able to restrictive liquor legislation, and
| Immediately following its announcement
| two bills were introduced affecting the liquor
traffic The first, by Mr.. Dodd, is entitled
| so prevent drunk enness, and provides for
| fine and imprisonment for the offense OF
overlooking The other, by Mr. Fletcher,
provides for local option.
| On the application of one fourth of the legal
| voters OK any county it becomes the duty Of the
election. at which the question of license for
| the sale of liquors in the county shall be sub
mitted In case a majority of the votes cast
s sff ss' or giving swsg liquor Within
| the limits of the county will be
punished for the first ofense by fine not less
| that $50 nor more than 5000 or by inprfson-
| ment not exceeding fifty days; for each sddi-
| tional offense by fine not less than 500 nor
| more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail not
| exceeding three mouths.
Mr. Fletcher. the author of the bill, is pre-
| pared to press it.
COMMITTEE CHANGES.
The following changes in committees were
announced by the speaker:
Insurance, Roger as chairman. in place of
Ward, resigned. and who takes second place;
Fall River resigned, and given second place;
education. Fletcher as chairman. vice Roger, re-
| signed: appropriations, Berry as chairman, vice
Fletcher, resigned, and who takes second place;
man, vice Hobart resigned.
The following were added to committees
| previously announced: Penal institutions,
Mallory and Dutch charitable institutions
Ely and Millimore. Green presented petit
ton of the commissioners of Morton county
| relating to the west line of that county
| Resolutions were offered by Sprague and
White looking to the removal of the saloon
from the basement of the capitol building
committee was appointed 20 take the mat
| ter in charge, and bill viii be prepared
covering the subject Bills introduced:
By Miltimore. providing for the publication Of
the laws of the session in one newspaper In each
| county, also, exempting honoTably discharged
soldiers from poll tax. By Patten Of Lawrence,
authorizing the division Of counties. BY Aikens,
providing that the salary of county attorneys,
where the population does not exceed 1000,
shall be 5000, and in no case shall exceed
| $4,000 By Mallory, to oblige county treas
| urers to register warrants without compensa-
OF interest shall be per cent, with authority to
make contracts ut 10 per cent, any contracts in
excess Of that rate being declared void.
COUNCIL.
In the council the house concurrent reso-
luton for supplying the members of the two
houses with newspapers was so amended as
| inQs of this legislature, and adopted. DR..
| Galloway introduced a bill providing for
! boards of trade and chambers Of commerce.
| Council bills passed:
Legalizing the acts Of Henry Krogh as notary
4 public; providing for the appointment of clerks
Of committees, stenographer and subordinate
| officers Of the legislature other than those now
provided by law: providing that private corpor-
| stions may be formed under general statute
except for the colonization of land and improy e.
ments thereon; the memorial to congress for
| the passage Of Congressman Collins bill pro-
| yidiuR for the adjudication of the validity OF
| certain land entries.
The consideration of the pharmacists bill
was postponed to Jan. 20, on objection TO
| present consideration The house bill for
| the extension of the time when the taxes of
| 1886 become delinquent was received and
| on motion the senate bill was adopted as a
| substitute. Adjourned The bill introduced
| In the council by Galloway is as follows:
1t provides for the incorporation Of twenty or
more persons in any village as a board Of trade
| or chamber of commerce. The Incorporation is
to be governed In its details by its bylaws and
ing The power to collect assessnents as provided
| by the bylaws and not otherwise: but no MEM
| Der is to be liable for Indebtedness beyond his
paid assessment
HOUSE.
! the following were introduced:
BY Green q joint resolution protesting against
| the abandonment Of the military post Fort
Abraham Lincoln. The memorial sets forth that
| In event of such abandonment frontier settlers
will be placed at the mercy of large bands of
| hostile Indians massed on reservations in the
vicinity; also that the post has great value as q
point at which to mass and forward troops in an
emergency. By Roger, TO encourage county agri-
| cultural societies. 1t sppropriates $4,000. to
be placed at the disposal OF the territorial asso
| citation for the benefit Of county associations
By Williams providing for not less than I'VE
county commissioners in all organized counties
having one thousand or more voters. By Har-
ktns. to amend the session laws of 1855 so as to
| simplify the methods of ascertaining and
adjusting loss by insurance companies
BY Ensign, authorizing and empowering
organized counties to issue and dispose OF
bonds to provide funds to pay outstanding
debts. By Stewart of Fall River, to locate a
| soldiers home and provide funds therefor 1t
locates it at Hot Springs Fall River county, and
provides for an issue of bonds of the territory to
the amount of $50, 900, of the denomination of
81 900 each, bearir 6 per cent interest payable
able at The optien Of the territory after ffteen
years. SUPERVISION is TO be in board of three
managers BY Fletcher. establishing terri
toTlal university at OfuWays IL appr0pr1ates
$4,000. BY Ad1ms. amending the general
election laws. 1t is a general statute, embody-
ing the best provisions of the Pennsylvania, ILL.,
nos, Ohio aud Iowa statutes, in addition to the
statdte now in force in the territory, and Ia COM
plete in itself.
IN THE COUNCIL.
AT the opening Of the council, Matthews
Dodge in the chair moved to reconsider the
vote by which the private corporations bill
was passed yesterday, ON the ground that as
passed it confiicted with the insurance law of
1855. The motion prevailed, and the bill
was placed in order for third reading to-day
| Bills introduced: